Directors' Interests

Barclays PLC
30 April 2001









                                                                 30 April 2001



        Notification of directors' interests: Companies Act 1985 s.329



The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (ESAS) Employees' Benefit Trust,
(the 'trust') notified the company on 27 April 2001 that it had on 26 April
2001 exercised its discretion and released 1,392 ordinary shares in Barclays
PLC to a participant in the Executive Share Award Scheme ('ESAS').



The ESAS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and
former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its
subsidiaries.



The independent trustee of the Barclays Group (PSP & ESOS) Employees' Benefit
Trust (the 'PSP/ESOS trust') notified Barclays PLC on 30 April 2001 that they
had on 27 April 2001 released 3,252 ordinary shares in Barclays PLC to a
participant who exercised their award under the Barclays Group Performance
Share Plan ('PSP').



The PSP/ESOS trust is a discretionary trust for the benefit of employees and
former employees (and their families) of Barclays Bank PLC and its
subsidiaries.



None of the shares were released to a director of Barclays PLC.



Following these transactions, the trustees of all the Barclays Group
employees' benefit trusts hold a total of 9,521,022 ordinary shares in
Barclays PLC.   Sir Peter Middleton, Mr M W Barrett, Sir Andrew Large, Mr C J
Lendrum, Mr J M Stewart and Mr J S Varley, Directors of Barclays PLC, are
amongst the potential beneficiaries under the Trusts.